New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
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New York, New York
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Queens, New York
One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.
Queens, New York
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
New York, New York
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
New York, New York
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
New York, New York
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
Bronx, New York
Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Istanbul, Turkey
This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.
Turkey
Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.
Kemer, Turkey
Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.
Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.
Bayatbademleri Köyü, Turkey
Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Athens, Greece
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
Athens, Greece
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.